A Matter of Temptation (25 page)

I believe strongly in reaching for dreams. When I first pursued writing as a career, my husband explained that the odds were against me getting published. He’s a realist. I’m a dreamer. A little over ten years later, with more than fifteen books published for adult and young adult readers, titles on the
USA Today
bestseller list, and several awards, including the RITA
^®
, the HOLT medallion, five Texas Golds and a
Romantic Times
Career Achievement Award, I’ve convinced him to believe in the magic and power of dreams.

I love hearing from readers. You can write me at
[email protected]
or visit my website at
www.lorraineheath.com
.

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A M
ATTER OF
T
EMPTATION
• A
S AN
E
ARL
D
ESIRES

A
N
I
NVITATION TO
S
EDUCTION

L
OVE
W
ITH A
S
CANDALOUS
L
ORD

T
O
M
ARRY AN
H
EIRESS
• T
HE
O
UTLAW AND THE
L
ADY

N
EVER
M
ARRY A
C
OWBOY
• N
EVER
L
OVE A
C
OWBOY

A R
OGUE IN
T
EXAS

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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

A MATTER OF TEMPTATION
. Copyright © 2006 by Lorraine Heath. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

ePub edition July 2006 ISBN 9780061747472

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